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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 11h

Get in lads, America is doing imperial military interventions in Latin America again (probably)

LOWρUFO 🐁🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 11h

A bunch of defense accounts on twitter said that they got leaked something classified lol

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 16h

Honestly, I can't imagine them introducing half of Roy Jenkin's reforms

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 1d

You can go the boring route of saying the Edwardian era but a more interesting case would be the Napoleonic Wars and the extension of the repressive state under Pitt, Liverpool etc

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 1d

I can't wait for the bizarre discourse this will somehow cause in Scotland

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

it's going to be cool watching Quebec do indy ref 3 but this time with MBC's racism

Defence Scheme Enjoyer 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽🇵🇸 @maxp94.bsky.social · 1d

Very curious to see how liberal-progressives continue to square their image of Quebec as a haven of cool, progressive culture with the next PQ majority

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

to explain this to non-Canadians, imagine if the next independence referendum was essentially led by the Quebec version of Reconqueste/Rassemblement National

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

it's going to be cool watching Quebec do indy ref 3 but this time with MBC's racism

Defence Scheme Enjoyer 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽🇵🇸 @maxp94.bsky.social · 1d

Very curious to see how liberal-progressives continue to square their image of Quebec as a haven of cool, progressive culture with the next PQ majority

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 1d

All I'll say is from memory when the SNP had 120,000+ members, there was a noticeable increase in the quality of comms etc. the party just looked so much more professional and at ease

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 1d

Not inconceivable that 2025 is the year that the GPEW hits 100,000 members

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Nearly 3000 new members in the 24 hours since the Party Political Broadcast.

Extraordinary.

Hope is returning. 💚🚀

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

I'll bite. What is the benefit we gain from politicians being able to 'thoughtfully' say in private 'blacks, British Bangladeshis, British Pakistanis, British Indians, mulattos....all the same, and clearly from the look of them not-integrated?'

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

Shadow DEFRA SoS, Victoria Atkins MP, bemoans those trying to score points off Jenrick's "private" remarks: "These are conversation we must have thoughtfully away from the clickbait of social media that, sadly, is so often the case."

And here is Victoria Thoughtful-Atkins at a farmers' protest. ~AA

Victoria Atkins with a thoughtfull bullhorn, wearing a non-clickbait union jack jacket.

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 1d

Kind of but also no. Spain was always a place to holiday. Dubai has a weird influencer/entrepreneur status attached

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 1d

My Instagram feed of late-20s Scots is literally Wedding, Dubai, Wedding, Baby, House, Dubai, Baby, Dubai

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 1d

Dubai as both a holiday and expat destination is exceptionally popular within the lower middle class and petit bourgeois in the UK.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

it's weird to me how much Gulf states seem to dominate the imagination of the UK right at the moment. I assume it's largely about who's giving them money, but I also think "Dubai expat" is a common social type in their circles.

Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 1d

I was on a panel at Conservative conference today where the UAE model was seriously proposed as a direction to take Britain’s immigration system.

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 1d

No one really cares about the different New York boroughs outside of the United States and yet every day I am forced to read nonsense from a poster based there

NYCNAFOFELLA. 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇭🇷🏳️‍🌈🇺🇲 Militant Centrist, Bill Maher aligned @nycnafofella.bsky.social · 1d

You're welcome...to tell you the truth, no one really knows about Wales outside of the UK. So there's nothing to bring up.

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 1d

Evergreen

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 1d

I hope my few Americans mutuals know that they are not included within this number of loathed yanks

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 1d

There are many great American bluesky accounts, who appreciate that they are not the protagonists of reality and post interesting takes that help you understand more about the US. They are, alas, greatly outnumbered by accounts that embody everything Europeans loath about the US

Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 1d

This website would genuinely be so much better if there was a special Discover tab for Americans that only show them posts by other Americans so the rest of us stop getting aggro from their most brain fried centrists who seem genuinely bewildered by context and angry that other places exist

Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry folks we're not allowed talk about politics in our respective countries because america is in bits or something

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 1d

This website would genuinely be so much better if there was a special Discover tab for Americans that only show them posts by other Americans so the rest of us stop getting aggro from their most brain fried centrists who seem genuinely bewildered by context and angry that other places exist

Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry folks we're not allowed talk about politics in our respective countries because america is in bits or something

Natasha from America's Next Top Model telling someone offscreen "I just wanna tell you that some people have war in their countries"

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 1d

This is why Scottish socialists often end up sounding Calvinist to a lot of regular folks

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 1d

Will not stand for this Dunk and Egg slander, which is objectively set in the best era of Westeros, a post-magic kingdom dealing with pretenders and societal breakdown

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 2d

This would have had him expelled 5 years ago, whereas in a month he'll be Leader of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, it's Maggie all the way down

RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 2d

An October wind in Glasgow would do for these guys

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 2d

This on the other hand is a walking target for ground troops.

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 2d

The only semi-convincing Walker military vehicle is the AT-TE. Versatile in application, vaccum sealed, stable due to hexepodal design, and able traverse all kinds of terrain (vertical and horizontal).

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warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 3d

Bluesky engineers when their website is successful

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Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 3d

I've said it before but the main reason why democracy is the superior system is that, while the average person is a moron, the average elite is even more moronic

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